Dong Chinese dictionary

lì

unpolished rice

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 萬 represents the sound. Original form of 糲.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ

rice

萬 Sound component

wàn

ten thousand

䊪 and 萬 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.䊪 /*[r]ˤat-s/, /*[r]ˤat/, /*[r]at-s/
萬 /*C.ma[n]-s/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

䊪

lì

coarse rice -- unhulled, (interchangeable 糲) coarse -- of grain

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

竊

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources

李学勤《字源》p.645